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Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries would soon heave a sigh of relief from the importation of petroleum products, with the imminent completion of the 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Dangote Refinery at Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Devakumar Edwin, made this statement on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, during […]

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced plans by government to commence the first phase of a new pipeline infrastructure project that will ease the movement of petroleum products across the sub-region.  For this to be accomplished, the Vice President said government is working on a petroleum transportation infrastructure master plan that will enhance the

Ghana loses 200 million dollars of tax revenue to smuggling of petroleum products and other nefarious activities in the petroleum sector every year. Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority Alhassan Tampuli who described these nefarious activities as “lucrative”, mentioned Takoradi port, Tema main Port, Prampram, Aflao and the eastern coastline as the unapproved offshore

  The petroleum downstream sector saw a 15% surge in consumptions of petroleum products during 2018 under review, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revealed. The growth, according to the NPA, was as a result success chalked at curbing illicit fuel activities, supported by technology-based schemes and policy initiatives. The Chief Executive Officer of NPA,

An international conference to review developments in the petroleum downstream sector in the West African sub-region on Wednesday opened in Ghana’s capital Accra. The conference being organized by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies and the Association of Oil Marketing Companies has brought together participants from

The total issuance under the GH₵10 Billion Energy Support Levy Act (ESLA) PLC Bond Programme has hit GH₵6.665 billion. This follows the successful issuance of another bond last week in which GHc1.0 billion was accepted. The bonds which were oversubscribed to the tune of GH₵1.147 billion is expected to mature on June 15, 2029. The

Liquidity challenges may spur the return of ‘Dumsor’, a term coined out of the erratic power supply Ghana experienced between 2014 and 2016, a report of the Finance Committee of the country’s Parliament has warned. The report has however recommended for immediate measures to be put in place to “avert any potential power crisis”. Key

General Lance Corporal Frank Anokye of the Ghana Police Service has met his untimely death after being run over by a fuel tanker at Tema Community 16 Junction, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. According to the Sakumo Police who confirmed the unfortunate incident to MyNewsGh.com, the tanker driven by 60-year-old George Kessor with registration number AS 3840-C

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) is to engage with other stakeholders along the value chain to ensure the smooth implementation of the ‘one-system rule’ in the petroleum downstream sector. Although the ‘one-system rule’ has been adopted in principle, its implementation has largely been constrained by software challenges. The Managing Director of

The Ministry of Energy has launched a Health, Safety,Security and Environment (HSSE) manual for the country’s energy sector. The manual is to provide the standard requirements for ensuring a positive safety culture in the energy sector. The aim of the manual is to ensure that organisations in the sector follow the minimum requirements to direct